Usually means: Boundary formed by striking workers.
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  1. picket line: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. picket line: Merriam-Webster
  3. picket line: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. picket line: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. picket line: Collins English Dictionary
  6. picket line: Vocabulary.com
  7. picket-line, picket line: Wordnik
  8. picket line: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. picket line: Wiktionary
  10. picket line: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. picket line: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. picket line: Dictionary.com
  13. Picket line: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. picket line: Rhymezone
  15. picket line: FreeDictionary.org
  16. picket line: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. picket line: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. picket line: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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  3. picket line: Legal dictionary

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  1. picket line: Encyclopedia

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  1. picket line: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (picket line)

noun:  (rare) A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
noun:  (military, rare) A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.
noun:  (military) A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers).
noun:  A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass.

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